View full sizeAndrew Theen/The OregonianTayna Wylder, right, works alongside her crew as they wrap up work on the elaborate plaza entry to Kaiser Permanente's new hospital in Hillsboro. Wylder is one of a dozen women owners of companies with contracts on the construction.

Banks: After four attempts at passing a construction bond for improvements to the Banks School District, an unofficial final vote count released Tuesday shows support for this year's measure leading by 13 votes, with 763 people in favor of the bond and 750 opposed. Election officials say a reversal at this point is highly unlikely, Deborah Bloom reports.